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Ch. 280 2005 LAWS OP MARYLAND
effectiveness of the disclosure of information concerning child abuse or neglect to
licensed practitioners of hospitals or birthing centers under the provisions of this Act.
SECTION 2. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2005.
Approved May 10, 2005.
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CHAPTER 280
(House Bill 627)
AN ACT concerning
Community Health Care Access and Safety Net Act of 2005
FOR the purpose of altering the eligibility requirements of the Maryland Pharmacy
Discount Program to cover individuals who are not Medicare beneficiaries, who
lack other public or private prescription drug coverage, who have a certain
annual household income, and to exclude Medicare beneficiaries; altering the
price at which an enrollee in the Program may purchase certain prescription
drugs; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission hospitals to
develop a financial assistance policy for hospitals financial assistance policies to
provide free and reduced-cost care to certain patients; requiring hospitals to
post a certain notice; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to
develop a uniform financial assistance application and require each hospital to
use the application for a certain purpose; requiring the uniform financial
assistance application to meet certain requirements; requiring a hospital to
provide the uniform financial assistance application to certain patients;
requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to develop a standard
policy for hospitals to collect debts owed by certain patients hospitals to submit
to the Health Services Cost Review Commission certain debt collection policies;
requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission annually to obtain from
hospitals the amount of money needed to support the cost of a certain specialty
network; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to calculate a
certain percentage and determine a certain share of funding owed by each
hospital; requiring the Health Services Cost Review Commission to assess the
underlying causes of uncompensated hospital professional services and make
certain recommendations to the General Assembly; authorizing the Health
Services Cost Review Commission to adopt certain regulations to report to
certain Committees committees of the General Assembly on or before a certain
date on the details of certain hospital policies; requiring nonprofit hospitals to
include certain information in their community benefit reports to the Health
Services Cost Review Commission; providing that a certain nonprofit health
maintenance organization is not subject to the insurance premium tax;
establishing the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission as an
independent commission that functions within the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene; establishing the powers and duties of the Maryland
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